ResourceLink Contract Job Trends in the North West

NGA ResourceLink
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring ResourceLink skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing ResourceLink 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.029% - 0.072%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.42% - 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £493 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - -
75th Percentile £498 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £535 £475 £420
% change year-on-year +12.63% +13.10% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.13
Median hourly rate - - £14.27
75th Percentile - - £14.40
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £14.27

All Business Application Skills
North West

ResourceLink falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 236 201 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 6.84% 10.08% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 104 112
10th Percentile £275 £412 £413
25th Percentile £402 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £532 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% +6.45% -1.96%
75th Percentile £700 £612 £588
90th Percentile - £684 £638
England median daily rate £550 £555 £550
% change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 15
10th Percentile £28.50 - £20.48
25th Percentile £30.00 £12.82 £35.36
Median hourly rate £71.27 £60.00 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +18.78% +48.79% -3.47%
75th Percentile £71.91 £86.00 £43.10
90th Percentile £85.00 - £53.24
England median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -23.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ResourceLink relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

ResourceLink job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ResourceLink.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ResourceLink

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ResourceLink.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ResourceLink

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ResourceLink within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 1 £495 - 1
ResourceLink
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday